The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-01-06

the conclusion that he was doomed 10 the
most horrible OF deaths, he pitched hil
pocketbook 10 us and gave US the addrest
Of his mother In Washington, After thai
the flanes closed around him and we did
not see him sgsin.." 3TEa.E ! +
FURTHER DETAILS
or the Disaster-Tho RssponsibilIty-stor,
ofa Passenger.
7 CLEyELAND, o., Jan. 5.-The following
additional detalla oi yesterdays wreck or
the Baltimore { Ohio railroad near TiIiu
are furnished by special dispatch to the
Leader: The irlghttulwrcck on the Balh
more & Ohio railroad near Republic yes
terday, is still the prevailing topic Of con
versation, tho chief part Of which relates
to fixing tho responsibility. 1t Is openly
charged that tho engineer OF tho freight
train was intoxicated. Whether this Ia
true or not Ia not positively known. One
thing ID certain, and that Is that a grea!
share Of the responsibility, II not all Of 1t
rests upon the conductor and engineer OF
the freight. They knew, they were en-.
croaching on the time Of the limited ex.
press before their train came to stand.
= Robert McAdoo, the well known miller
OF Tiiliu, was on the ill.iated train and
msdo the following statement concerning
ing the accident to a reporter to.
day. " had been. visiting friends in
Washington county, Pa, and started
home on' Monday morning, coming by
the way Of Wheeling and Bellaire. I
came from Bsllairs to Newark on an &C.
commodation train 'ahd at II o'clock
Monday night boarded tho fast train at
the latter place. taking seat near the
centre ofsthe coach behind the smoker
aud on thv left hand side oil the car. The
cosch as'well filed there being quite a
number OF ladies' and children. The train
wss OH time at Newark aud had quits a
Buccepsfnl run, stopping only at MI. Yer.
non, 9Iausfa.d,' Chicago Junction and
Shelby. sI-heard the engineer blow tho
whistle for the road crossing Just west OF
Republic snd, realizing that 1 was near
ing home, ! raissd 10 my feet, buttoned
my oyercoat and occurred my sstchel, pre-.
para!ory to alighting. I
jilE .DRAcYp FOR THE BLOCK.
.
While thus engaged l felt the sudden
application ottho air brakes, followed in.
stantly by tho jar Of tho reversal Of the
engine. Mechanically ! dropped into the
seat and realizing that something was
about to happen, ! grsspod the back Of the
seat in front OF me ard braced myaelf for
the coming shock. All this occupied but
a few moments>timo, and L do not think
three eeconds, elapsed from tho applica'
tion Of the brakes until the shock came.
I was thrown to my feet BY the force oil
the shock but did not loss my presence
or mind. In fact II had not time
TO realize tho danger until 1t
,wes 2pass., Great excitement prevailed
ambHg the passengers in the car, particu.
larly the ladies. although no one was hurt
beyond slight bruises. l turned my at.
tentioR to pacifying the women, when !
heard come one CRY Sire" The front oil
our car was crushed in, but I conld see no
evidence OF flames. Il raiaed a window
and looking out and forward / sew the
smoke and flames bursting from the win
dowa OF tho smoker I then hurried the
passengers from the car in which we we're
as the fire was beginning to make its ap.
pearnnce at tho forward end. The ladies
passed ont frat, and think-t was about
the iflast person to leave: l know there
Was noions left in the car, and 80 an
svefsl :tq the inquiry Of the conductor.
When<l steppsl to- the ground not five
minutes had elapsed siucs the moment Of
The collision, yet the interior OF the
cGoker was seething furnscs, in which
life could net hsye been sustained for an
instant, the flames pouring from the win.
aows and the ventilstors in the ROOT.
| !! MUST FAyE MET INSTANT DEATH.
I mention this as Gatisfsction to the
friends Of those who lost their lives in
that Inflated car. My belief is that all, OIL
nearly ell were killed Instantly, and nc
one could have suffered lingering death
for the reason that life In the car woNld
have been impossible four minutes after
the Guili1ion occurred. ~ -,
| noticed Mrs. Po1tlethwaite and her
two children before the accident, and Oh.
aeryed also thet she was among the first
to leave the car. At the point where the
accident occurred there Jig 9 cut i8ifest
deep and when I came out oi the car I
saw that the women and children were ,at
the bottom OF this. Iassisted several OF
them up,i inclua ling Mrs. Postlethwaite,
and started them back along the line of
sleepers. III E
They were all placed in the coaches ex.
cept q little daughter Of Mrs. Postleth;
weite, who some ono carried to Republic,
distance OF hslf & milo. where she was
afterwards found by her frantic mother.
We then pushed the aleepers back topro-
tect them !-on the other cars which were
rapidly burning. / Ssm firmly OF the
opinion that moro lives we've i6at thau
have been reported. Itis known that bu,
two persona escaped from the smoking
car. had occasion 10 lookS;nto tho cur
after leaving Newark and noticed that /:
was all filled, there being apparently from
IS to M pneBengers.; L. ia impossible, ol
course, that all but twelve or fifteen ol
these left tho train at Mt. Vernon and
Mansfield and that there were no add,
tions, but I don't deem-it.probable.p =,
= CoronerLeppey will not hold an inquest
for q day. or two yet. He has arranged
With thu undertaken at Republic to Keep
the bodies q sEs unfortunate passengers
until Saturday. II they sre not claimed
by ths! time they will be buried in sne
grave.
There was Pennsylvania German in
the smoker who escaped unhurt, walked
south about four miles to Rockaway ste:
ton and came to TitIin on tho Pennsyl.
yaniA road. He was sitting about the
middle Of the car quietly smoking his pipe
when the crash came. His scat waE
wreuchad from tho floor and with its oc:
cupsnt hurled through an opening in the
top OF the car and landed in snow drift
The man was mol hurt in the least.
~ seESE OF TIE WRECK.
Tho Tracks Clearcd-Tho Cause Of tbs
E;aS Horror.
TIFpIS, O., Jan. 5.--The scene Of the
wreck on tho Baltimore &. Ohio iB ies